The Photographs of Carleton Watkins

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1122	Nevada State Capitol, Carson City, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1122, unnumbered Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹¹⁄₁₆ x 20 ⁵⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: NSLA is Nevada State Library and Archives. Probably hung in State Capitol for years and was transerred to the archives soon after its creation in 1965. Date determined by â€œthe landscaping of ... Tags: Mining \| Nevada		No Image Available
1123 ( 1086)	Woodworth Mill, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1123, no. 1086 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1124 ( 1039)	Mexican Mill, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1124, no. 1039 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1125 ( 1079)	Morgan Mill, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1125, no. 1079 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note lone man posing, just right of center Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1126 ( 1077)	Morgan Mill, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1126, no. 1077 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹⁄₂ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1127 ( 1078)	Morgan Mill, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1127, no. 1078 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1128 ( 1041)	Merimac Mills, Looking East, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1128, no. 1041 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1129 ( 1040)	The Merimac, from Brunswick Mill, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1129, no. 1040 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 ³⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Riverbed is low and dry in parts indicating summer or fall Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1130 ( 1042)	Merimac and Brunswick Mills, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1130, no. 1042 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Part one of a two-part panorama with 1043 Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1131 ( 1043)	Merimac Mill, View Down the Carson River, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1131, no. 1043 Mammoth Plate (image 14 ³⁄₄ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Part two of a two-part panorama with 1042. Note CEW wagon near center Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1132 ( 1081)	Brunswick Mill, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1132, no. 1081 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 16 ³⁄₄ x 22 ¹⁄₂ in.) Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
1133 ( 1083)	Brunswick Mill, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1133, no. 1083 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1134 ( 1085)	Brunswick Mill Reservoirs, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1134, no. 1085 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹⁄₂ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1135 ( 1080)	Brunswick Mill, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1135, no. 1080 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: CEW 1082 on print, but PEP thinks it is more likely 1080 given the sequence Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1136 ( 1082)	Brunswick Mill, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1136, no. 1082 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1137 ( 1044)	Vivian Mill from the Virginia & Truckee Railroad, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1137, no. 1044 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹⁄₄ x 21 in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note dryness of riverbed Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1138 ( 1045)	Vivian Mill, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1138, no. 1045 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 20 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1139 ( 1046)	Vivian Mill, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1139, no. 1046 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁵⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1140 ( 1049)	Santiago Mill, from Virginia & Truckee Railroad, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1140, no. 1049 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1141 ( 1048)	Santiago Mill, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1141, no. 1048 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note small family grouped under trees, right of center Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1142 ( 1047)	Santiago Mill, Mount Davidson in Distance, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1142, no. 1047 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 20 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note irrigation hoses for tree/orchards around house; can also make out man and two children. Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1143 ( 1052)	View up the Carson River, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1143, no. 1052 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1144 ( 1051)	Eureka Mill, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1144, no. 1051 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁵⁄₁₆ x 21 in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note shadow of CEW camera in center foreground Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1145 ( 1050)	Eureka Mill, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1145, no. 1050 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note people arrayed everywhere--on buildings, roads, land, etc. Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1146 ( 1053)	Franklin Mill, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1146, no. 1053 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note women and children poased along right, among trees Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1147 ( 1088)	French Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1147, no. 1088 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹⁄₂ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note CEW wagon in center. Note sheer numbers of people posing, including a family on second story of shingle house on right Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1148 ( 1089)	French Mill, Silver City, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1148, no. 1089 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 15 ⁷⁄₈ x 21 ³⁄₄ in.) Notes: CMP notes: Labeled 1088, but PEP theorizes it is really 1089 Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
1149 ( 1063)	Justice Mine, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1149, no. 1063 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 ³⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note Justice employees posed in front of bldg and on road below. Note CEW wagon almost dead center on road Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1150 ( 1059)	American Flat District, Lyon County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1150, no. 1059 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₁₆ x 21 in., mount 16 ⁵⁄₈ x 22 ¹⁄₂ in.) Tags: Lyon County \| Mining \| Nevada	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View
1151 ( 1060)	Baltimore Consolidated Mine, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1151, no. 1060 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note many broken windows Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1152 ( 1061)	Florida Mine, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1152, no. 1061 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1153 ( 1062)	Florida Mine, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1153, no. 1062 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Closer view than no 1061. Can see many broken windows Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1154 ( 1064)	Overman Mine, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1154, no. 1064 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note CEW wagon on left--corner visible (almost out of frame) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1155 ( 1066)	Gold Hill, View from Reservoir, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1155, no. 1066 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note â€œNew Seriesâ€ label Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1156 ( 1067)	Gold Hill from Wheeler Monument, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1156, no. 1067 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1157 ( 1065)	Gold Hill, View from above Yellow Jacket Mine, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1157, no. 1065 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note that miner housing seems to be absolutely adjacent to work sites. Note â€œNew Seriesâ€ label. Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1158 ( 1068)	Bullion Mine, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1158, no. 1068 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ^{46913434368365}⁄_{281474976710656} x 21 ¹⁄₄ in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles	Quick View
1159 ( 1101)	Panorama of Virginia City, View from the Combination Shaft, Storey County, Nevada (A) CPM cat. no. 1159, no. 1101 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1160 ( 1102)	Panorama of Virginia City, View from the Combination Shaft, Storey County, Nevada (B) CPM cat. no. 1160, no. 1102 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1161 ( 1103)	Panorama of Virginia City, View from the Combination Shaft, Storey County, Nevada (C) CPM cat. no. 1161, no. 1103 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1162 ( 428)	Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1162, no. 428 Mammoth Plate Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County		No Image Available
1163 ( 1069)	The Bonanza Group of Mines, from the Consolidated Virginia and California Mine, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1163, no. 1069 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁵⁄₁₆ x 21 in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1164 ( 423)	Virginia City, from Water Flume, Storey County, Nevada )A) CPM cat. no. 1164, no. 423 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Part 1 of a 4-part panorama. Photograph taken after 1875 fire Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1165 ( 424)	The City and Sugar Loaf Canyon from the Water Flume, Storey County, Nevada (B) CPM cat. no. 1165, no. 424 Mammoth Plate Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1166 ( 425)	Combination Shaft from the Water Flume, Storey County, Nevada (C) CPM cat. no. 1166, no. 425 Mammoth Plate Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1167 ( 426)	The Divide from the Water Flume, Storey County, Nevada (D) CPM cat. no. 1167, no. 426 Mammoth Plate (image 14 ⁷⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Part 4 of a 4-part panorama Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1168 ( 421)	Virginia and Gold Hill Water Company Reservoir with Mount Davidson, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1168, no. 421 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note 2 men in hats, just right of center, and small child in boat just right of the men Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1169 ( 420)	Virginia and Gold Hill Water Company Reservoir with Mount Davidson, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1169, no. 420 Mammoth Plate (image 14 ¹⁄₄ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1170 ( 419)	Virginia and Gold Hill Water Company Reservoir with Mount Davidson, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1170, no. 419 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note one man posed in front of fence on left; two men pose in doorway on right Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1171 ( 422)	Trout Hatchery on the Ophir Grade, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1171, no. 422 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1172 ( 1070)	Loading Ore from the Chollar and Potosi Mine, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1172, no. 1070 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1173 ( 1071)	Hale and Norcross Silver Mining Works and Savage Mining Works from Virginia & Truckee Railroad Round House, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1173, no. 1071 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1174 ( 1072)	Hale and Norcross Silver Mining Company, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1174, no. 1072 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note assortment of people posed, including children, along building fronts and dirt hills (note esp. 2 blurred children, l.r.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1175 ( 1074)	Savage Mining Company, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1175, no. 1074 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note ornate porch ornamentation on foreground bldg, l.r. Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1176 ( 1099)	Consolidated Virginia and California Mining Company, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1176, no. 1099 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1177 ( 1100)	Consolidated Virginia and California Mining Company, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1177, no. 1100 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹⁄₂ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1178 ( 1054)	Nevada Mill, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1178, no. 1054 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1179 ( 1096)	Consolidated Virginia and California Mining Company, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1179, no. 1096 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1180 ( 1095)	Consolidated Virginia and California Mining Company, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1180, no. 1095 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1181 ( 1097)	California Mining Company Mill, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1181, no. 1097 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: CSL print is numbered 1095 Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1182 ( 1098)	Consolidated Virginia and California Mining Company, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1182, no. 1098 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Nevada Brewery building in midst of mining works. Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1183 ( 1075)	Ophir Mining Company, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1183, no. 1075 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1184 ( 415)	Sierra Nevada Mining Company, Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1184, no. 415 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ³⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1185 ( 427)	Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1185, no. 427 Mammoth Plate Notes: CMP notes: Number attributed based on panorama with 428 Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County		No Image Available
1186 ( 412)	Sierra Nevada Mine and Virginia City, from above the Cemetery, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1186, no. 412 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1187 ( 413)	Sierra Nevada Mine, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1187, no. 413 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ³⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1188 ( 411)	Sierra Nevada Mine, from the North Consolidated Mine, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1188, no. 411 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1189 ( 1076)	Sierra Nevada Mine, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1189, no. 1076 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1190 ( 410)	Sierra Nevada Mine, Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1190, no. 410 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁵⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: 410 assigned by CEW to Oregon images and Nevada Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1191 ( 1092)	Mariposa Mil, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1191, no. 1092 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note family posed at house, center right Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1192 ( 1093)	Utah Mining Company, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1192, no. 1093 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁵⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note tiny structure behind Hoisting Works has a sign reading â€œFIRE HOSEâ€ Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1193 ( 416)	Claim Stakes, between the Sierra Nevada Mining Company and the Consolidated Virginia Mining Company, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1193, no. 416 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ³⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1194 ( 414)	Sierra Nevada Mining Company and Consolidated Virginia Mining Company, Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1194, no. 414 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ³⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1195 ( 418)	Laying Foundation, Consolidated Virginia Mining Company, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1195, no. 418 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Supervisors and workmen arrayed for photo Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1196 ( 1094)	Sacramento Mining Company, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1196, no. 1094 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹⁄₂ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Two figures posing are young boys Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1197 ( 1091)	Omega Mining Company, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1197, no. 1091 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹⁄₂ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1198 ( 1090)	Omega Mining Company, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1198, no. 1090 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ⁷⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: As usual, many people posed: 3 girls pose across street but all are blurred. Closer view than 1091 Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1199 ( 417)	Wells Fargo Mining Company, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1199, no. 417 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ³⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County		No Image Available
1200 ( 1058)	Pacific Mining Company, Six-Mile Canyon, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1200, no. 1058 Mammoth Plate (image 14 ¹⁄₂ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1201 ( 1057)	Empire State Mining Company, Seven-Mile Canyon, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1201, no. 1057 Mammoth Plate Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1202 ( 1055)	The "Land" Mining Company, Seven-Mile Canyon, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1202, no. 1055 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 21 ¹⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: CSL print is numbered #1056 Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1203 ( 1056)	Windfield Mining Company, Seven-Mile Canyon, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1203, no. 1056 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ³⁄₈ x 20 ¹⁵⁄₁₆ in., mount 22 x 28 in.) Notes: CMP notes: Note women and children posed near small white building (house?) l.l. Note CEW wagon, just barely visible, right of center. CSL has this print with CEW#1055 Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of Online Archive of California	Quick View
1204 ( 1073)	Occidental Mining Company, Storey County, Nevada CPM cat. no. 1204, no. 1073 Mammoth Plate (image 15 ¹⁄₁₆ x 21 ¹⁄₈ in., mount 16 ¹⁄₂ x 22 ⁷⁄₁₆ in.) Notes: CMP notes: CSL print identified as CEW 1087, BLUCB print is 1073. Tags: Mining \| Nevada \| Storey County	Courtesy of California State Library	Quick View

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Watkins used a specially constructed camera to expose 18 x 22 inch glass plates. He created over 1200 mammoth plate photographs during his career. Watkins photographs of Yosemite were very influentual in creation of the park.

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